Talent Acquisition

The Talent Acquisition team is dedicated to attracting, hiring, and retaining exceptional talent to support student success and organizational excellence for the University of Houston-Downtown. We foster a responsive, inclusive, and service-oriented hiring experience that connects qualified educators and staff with meaningful opportunities across UHD. 

Talent Acquisition is responsible for:

• Designing and executing recruitment approaches that attract top educators and staff
• Building candidate pipelines through outreach, partnerships, job fairs, and targeted recruitment campaigns
• Coordinating screening, interviewing, selection, and recommendation processes to ensure efficient and equitable hiring practices
• Monitoring staffing needs and collaborating with university leaders to fill positions in a timely manner
• Ensuring hiring practices align with University of Houston System policies, state and federal regulations, and employment best practices
• Aligning staffing strategies with long‑term organizational goals

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Background Checks

All positions at the University of Houston System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check. For more information, see SAM 02.A.37 Background Checks for Employees.

Employment Eligibility

Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. Accordingly, Section 1 of the Form I-9 must be completed on or before an employee's first working day and all new employees will be required to complete fully the I-9 verification process and produce the appropriate documentation within three business days of starting work. All offers of employment are contingent upon a candidate's fulfillment of this requirement and a failure to do so will result in termination.

As an E-Verify employer, the University of Houston-Downtown will provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Employment eligibility verification through E-Verify will also be required for current employees who begin work on covered federal grants or contracts but who previously have not been entered into E-Verify.

 

 

If you are a hiring manager at UHD, you can find key resources on SharePoint.

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